Russia Bans 18 Americans (incl: Yoo, Addington, Cheney) After Similar US Move (to ban 18 Russians)
Source: New York Times
Russia Bans 18 Americans After Similar US Move
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 13, 2013 at 6:38 AM ET
MOSCOW (AP) Russia on Saturday named 18 Americans banned from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations.
The list released by the Foreign Ministry includes John Yoo, a former U.S. Justice Department official who wrote legal memos authorizing harsh interrogation techniques; David Addington, the chief of staff for former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney; and two former commanders of the Guantanamo Bay detention center: retired Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller and Adm. Jeffrey Harbeson.
The move came a day after the United States announced its sanctions under the Magnitsky Law, named for Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was arrested in 2008 for tax evasion after accusing Russian police officials of stealing $230 million in tax rebates. He died in prison the next year, allegedly after being beaten and denied medical treatment.
Neither Washington nor Moscow put high-ranking or politically prominent figures on their lists, perhaps aiming to limit the effect on U.S.-Russian relations that have deteriorated, despite President Barack Obama's initiative to "reset" relations with Moscow.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2013/04/13/world/europe/ap-eu-russia-us-sanctions.html?smid=tw-nytimesglobal&seid=auto&_r=0
paleotn
(17,912 posts)Pot calling the kettle? More than a little hypocrisy on our side.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Faygo Kid
(21,478 posts)It would be what's called a good start.
mbperrin
(7,672 posts)their list.
Divernan
(15,480 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)Amen.
DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)...the Cold Shoulder War?
"Today the Congress quickly passed the No Sour Cream in Soup Act of 2015, which establishes a national registry of consumers of borscht. The law was pass in response to a recent announcement by Russia that consumption of Campbell's tomato soup was deemed a class one felony."
I think the Russians were correct in this conclusion, however (from the NYT article):
go west young man
(4,856 posts)the PNAC document. Cheney and his buddies at AEI don't spend all those corruptly earned dollars at resorts like Sea Island for nothing. They knew terrorism was only gonna fuel the MIC's coffers for so long. I remember back to 2006 when the MSM went on and on about Putin kissing a Russian boy on the stomach. It was obvious the shaping of the the new Cold War agenda/propaganda was taking place.
Then of course we sided with the aggressors in the Georgia conflict. The UN found we were on the wrong side in that one as Russia actually showed incredible restraint most likely because they knew the Ceylan pipeline would only carry about 5% of Europe's oil needs whereas they had most of Europe wrapped up with their own Nord and Sud lines bypassing Ukraine. Russia just plays very smart compared to us. Countries like Russia and Venezuela understand that they need do very little to us as we are our own worst enemy. It's too bad we are not smart enough to realize it.
cprise
(8,445 posts)..with hostility by the US government, our mass media, and the corporations/banks that own them.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)And no taxpayer paid, free military flights.
MyOwnPeace
(16,926 posts)Now another place we can't send the "Prince of Darkness" - Cheney.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)It's TORTURE!
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...but they certainly DO have a point here.
Zen Democrat
(5,901 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)valerief
(53,235 posts)ck4829
(35,074 posts)They would be the ones who would like it most over there I think now in the new Russia. Who is Russia really punishing here?
Ash_F
(5,861 posts)Ash_F
(5,861 posts)"An official investigation was ordered in November 2009 by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.[18] Russian authorities had not concluded their own investigation as of December 2009, but 20 senior prison officials had already been fired as a result of the case.[17] In December 2009, in two separate decrees, Medvedev fired deputy head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Alexander Piskunov and signed a law forbidding the jailing of individuals who are suspected of tax crimes.[19] Magnitsky's death is also believed to be linked to the firing of Major-General Anatoli Mikhalkin, formerly the head of the Moscow division of the tax crimes department of the Interior Ministry.[20] Mikhalkin was among those accused by Magnitsky of taking part in fraud."
"In July 2011, Russias Investigate Committee for the first time acknowledged that Magnitsky died because prison authorities restricted medical care for him.[25] Russian authorities also opened criminal cases against the two doctors who treated him; Dr. Dmitri Kratov, the chief medical officer at Butyrskaya Prison, and Dr. Larisa Litvinova who managed Magnitsky's treatment towards the end. Dr. Kratov was demoted soon after Magnitsky's death and was charged with involuntary manslaughter from negligence and is facing five years in prison. Dr. Litvinova may receive up to three years in prison if convicted of causing death through professional negligence."
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So in response to the Magnitsky scandal, the Russians fired a bunch people, charged others with imprisonable crimes and passed a reform law. What has the US done in response to the Iraq War/Torture Scandals? Oh right we are "looking forward".
bluedigger
(17,086 posts)They chose well.
mokawanis
(4,440 posts)and they let Cheney in, but they have to keep him?
Uncle Joe
(58,361 posts)Thanks for the thread, kpete.
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)The Second Stone
(2,900 posts)after all these years.
John2
(2,730 posts)North Carolina Governor and his whole administration to the Human Rights abuse list.